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Hmm, I see ... for those who are interested, there's a verycomprehensivemahjongwalkthrough on youtube. You won't become a pro after watching them, but you'll at least understand all the basic notions and how the different yaku works : which is all you need to understand what's going on during a mahjong match. And what's more, the guy doing that small tutorial is not only good at making jokes but also a fan of Saki which makes it even more entertaining to watch.

Also is there anyone kind enough to post the videos here, if it's allowed/possible? because I don't know how to do that yet. ^^"

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Originally Posted by Triple_R

This is since I don't even bother paying attention to their discards as I have no hope of determining from that how close my opponents are to winning and/or what tiles they need.

Don't worry about that, it's already high level mahjong. There's a long way to go before being able to do that.

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And so the executives finally give in. Wish they could've done it earlier. Does the article stated anything regarding the reason behind the sudden change?

Hmm, the text is kind of small (aside from that yellow highlighted area to the left, anyway), and my Japanese is hardly fluent, so I couldn't say myself right now. However, the article itself is in fact an interview with the director, Manabu Ono, so I presume someone more fluent could make out the explanation.

So this was originally meant to run to episode 15 correct? One more episode is a must considering the length of the following chapters. Just imagine the outcry if they tried to cram all that in 2 more episodes.

Imagine how this series would have turned out if they planned like... a standard 26-episode run from the get-go, instead of this practice of "adding on" episodes. I mean: I can't complain too much 'cause we get more.

Imagine how this series would have turned out if they planned like... a standard 26-episode run from the get-go, instead of this practice of "adding on" episodes. I mean: I can't complain too much 'cause we get more.

I think it's a question of both funding as well as the production committee being cautious (it's been close to three years since Saki after all, and the interest might not be there anymore). The studio team itself (being made up from what was left of Gonzo's original Saki) is obviously enthusiastic about the project, but this means zilch if the committee stonewalls on funding.

Imagine how this series would have turned out if they planned like... a standard 26-episode run from the get-go, instead of this practice of "adding on" episodes. I mean: I can't complain too much 'cause we get more.

But still...

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Originally Posted by Myssa Rei

I think it's a question of both funding as well as the production committee being cautious (it's been close to three years since Saki after all, and the interest might not be there anymore). The studio team itself (being made up from what was left of Gonzo's original Saki) is obviously enthusiastic about the project, but this means zilch if the committee stonewalls on funding.

An additional factor which could be pretty relevant is the scriptwriting load on Ritz. As far as the current evidence shows, I think it would be safe to assume that all of the additional "filler"/anime-only material in the first season was written by Ritz herself. Given this is the case, an extension into a full 2-cour anime for Achiga would have required at least 8 episodes worth of material. Given that Ritz will have already produced something like 1600 pages worth of scripts (over ~1.5 years) for the current manga run of Achiga, on top of her own work for the main Saki manga, I don't know that requesting that much extra material would have been feasible.